REINVENT YOUR FUTURE

Session Description 

Active listening requires being fully present, listening to what is said, and not said.It involves listening with our eyes, ears, body, and being.

TODAY'S TAKEAWAYS
  • Gain active listening skills & practices 
  • Differentiate between listening & hearing
  • Notice when you aren't fully present
  • View silence as a gift

Session Overview

Learning Activities

Discuss questions from Session 104
Discuss elevator speeches
Introduce Active Listening Skills
Highlight weekly experiments
Observe through eyes, ears, body & being

Learning Concepts & Practices

Coaches listen VS hear
Embrace the use of silence
Pay attention to the 4 As
Look for pivots and ahas
Trust the process!

Demonstrations & Assignments

Coaching Demonstration: Active Listening
Practice being a coach, client & observer
Observers share noticing moments
Transfer coaching questions to notebook
Highlight session links, resources & assignments

SESSION 105 | TRAINING DOCS & SLIDES

KEY POINTS

1 | If there's no change, you're not coaching
2 | Change shows up in the "4As"
3 | Coaching focus on the present & future
4 | Coaches are part of a larger ecosystem

QUESTIONS

1 | How do you create safe space?
2 | What questions point to new pathways?
3 | Where is "stickiness" showing up?

KEY POINTS

1 | Look for changes in actions
2 | Look for changes in assumptions
3 | Look for changes in attitudes
4 | Look for changes in approaches

QUESTIONS

1 | Share "victim/excuses" language 
2 | Share "self-limitations" language
3 | Share "autopilot" language
4 | Share "hope" language

KEY POINTS

1 | Coaches help clients "reframe"
2 | Coaches build on past patterns fo success
3 | Coach help clients learn from the past
4 | Coaches pay attention, using all senses

QUESTIONS

1 | What assumptions are being surfaced?
2 | Which attitudes need shifting?
3 | What approaches have been tried?
4 | Which actions may nudge them forward?

KEY POINTS

1 | Coaches help clients achieve goals quicker
2 | Coaches spark continuous action/reflection
3 | Coaches help clients build capacities
4 | Clients pay for quicker/better results

QUESTIONS

1 | How do you help clients identify their needs?
2 | How can you draw out a clients wisdom?

KEY POINTS

1 | Pictures are powerful
2 | Describe the experience
3 | Spark dreaming w/out directing

APPLICATION

1 | When do you dream big?
2 | Do your limitations limit others?
3 | Consider "think, do & feel"

OBSERVATIONS

1 | Share a key learning or insight
2 | Name a skill/technique to model
3 | Ask a question

NEXT STEPS

1 | Complete feedback/assignment form
2 | Pre-work for next session
3 | Discuss class notetaking

SESSION 105 | Student Feedback & Assignments 

ASSIGNMENT 1 | List what you do well when "listening" 

ASSIGNMENT 2 | Describe a growth area for you to listen well

PRE-WORK | Keep a listening journal for 1 week

PRE-WORK | Note and practice silence in conversations

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